Tubular lantern.



No. 7l4,066. Patented Nov. l8, I902.

-H. J. VALENTINE.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

(Application filed Mar. '1, 1902.]

Witnesses: Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT EFTcE.

HARRY J. VALENTINE, OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WVILLIAM VOGEL &BROTHERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A FIRM.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,066, dated November18, 1902.

Application filed March 1, 1902. 7

To all whmn it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY J. VALENTINE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Hempstead, Nassau county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TubularLanterns, of which the following is aspecitication. The presentinvention relates to tubular lanterns, such as shown, for instance, inthe [O patent of Henry J. Vogel, No. 688,496, dated December 10, 1901.

The objects of the invention are to provide a lantern which isefficient, reliable, and strong, by way of means for guarding thechimney against breakage.

A further object is to provide means for conveniently raising andlowering the chimney-frame and chimney when the lantern is to be lightedor the light extinguished.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective View of atubular lantern embodying my improvements, the chimney being lowered.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the chimney raised. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective View of the chimney-guard, and Fig. 0 4 is a sectionaldetail showing the catch device for securing the'chimney-frame in raisedor lowered position.

Referring to the drawings, the base or oilfont A of the lantern supportsthe side tubes B, which carry a top flue O, that in turn forms a guidefor the deflector D at the top of the wire chimney-frame E.- Thischimney-frame comprises side rods e e, which turn in at their lowerends, where they are received in sides 0 of the chimney-gallery F,through which the burner G protrudes. The chimney may be retained inposition by a spring-holder H, fixed to the deflector D and engagingover the top of the chimney.

The chimney-frame E may slide up and down in guid e-eyes H on the tubesB and may be moved by means of a laterally and outwardly projectinghandle I, preferably bent out of the wire body of the chimney-frame. 5oSaid handle extends transversely across the adjacent tube B and is bentto form a suitable finger-piece. A finger-rest J is located Serial No.96,196. No model-J on tube B above the handle I, so that in raising thechimney-frame a purchase may be obtained thereon by one finger, (thethumb,) while another finger engages under the handle I, upon whichlatter an upward pull is exerted. Handle I engages in its lower positionunder a shoulder and in its upper position over a shoulder 70, bothshoulders being located on the adjacent tube B and formed, preferably,by a bent-wire lug K, extending vertically of and soldered to the saidtube. In raising and lowering the chimney-frame the handle I slides onand is guided by the lug K. Y The finger-rest J and lug K are best madeof one piece of wire bent tosuitable shape and soldered to the tube.When the chimney-frame is in its final raised or lowered position, thehandle forms a catch by snapping onto the corresponding shoulder at theend of the said lug K.

The main portion of the present invention is the chimney-guard. Thisconsists of a spring-wire frame which comprises, it may be said, fourU-shaped loop-jaws Z Z Z Z which are joined at two points Z Z The jaws ZZ compose the upper member and the jaws Z Z the lower, member, suchmembers being formed to be of general C curvature, arranged back toback, or, in other words, the curvature of the members Z Z and Z Z isopposite one to the other. The U shaped spring-jaws ZZ are formed,preferably, of one piece of wire and the jaws Z Z of another piece, thejoints occurring at the points of juncture Z Z of the upper and lowermembers of the guard, being efieotuated by means of solder. The outerends of the U -shaped jaws are recessed at m, so that they may engagewith the side rods of the chimney-frame. By

reason of the elasticity of the chimney-guard 1 it may be sprung intoengagement with the chimney-frame, or it may be contracted and withdrawntherefrom. This facilitates assembling and enables the production of a'cheap guard which is not over-rigid.

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of a chimney-frame shiftable thereon, and a chimney-guard provided withrecessed jaws sprung outwardly into engagement with the chimney-frame,substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a lantern-frame, of a chimney-frame, and aremovable chimney-guard consisting of spring-wire and constructed withfour U-shaped jaws arranged in pairs back to back and sprung intoengagement with the chimney-frame.

Signed at Brooklyn, New York, this 26th day of February, 1902.

HARRY J. VALENTINE.

\Vitnesses:

G. H. VOORHIS, S. NELSON LYONS.

